UNEMPLOYMENT AT IT'S WORST - EL CENTRO, CA

U.S. News & World Report's Rob Silverblatt reported on an American city in dire straits - El Centro, CA. El Centro has the country's worst unemployment at 27.6%. This city is a staggering 18.1% higher than the national average of 9.5%! Read the whole story by Rob Silverblatt here.

Some of us are trying to carve out a niche for ourselves in the midst of economic turmoil and also help one another out. Learn how others are trying to cope with the U.S. economy as it is by checking out Paying it Forward for Freelancer Writers and Freelancers Bringing Awareness to America's Economic Plight.

ShawnTe’s AVON eParty « Sunshine and Rain

The grand opening of my AVON eStore is underway. Check this out for more info, ShawnTe’s AVON eParty « Sunshine and Rain.

The AC Community: More Than a "Content Mill"

The Associated Content Model for Success

Associated Content is more than just a "content mill", it is a community of writers with generous spirits who are willing to help one another and anyone else out when we can. Kudos to Kyla Matton for letting the world know that, for all intent and purposes, "we are more than the sum of parts."

Bringing Awareness So We May Help One Another

Many Associated Content contributors have agreed to help one another and others during these trying economic times. Some agreed to write articles while other, like myself have agreed to post to our blogs to promote and increase awareness. There are three pages to this blog, the main blog and two others. The other two pages contain links to AC contributors and their work. Please take a little time to visit these two pages and play a role in the giving by investing a few minutes of your time and read.

Image: (c) 2010 Brandonc via Wikimedia Commons

I'm Back Into the Swing of Things!

A couple of days ago I wrote about my anxiety concerning writing for a certain place. I submitted my first article to them yesterday and it was approved today without being sent back to me. I handled it the way I said I would by first writing it the way I would any other article. I'm going to continue to do this from now on. Now I have 8 more articles to write today and two more blog posts to send out.

God is good, He is in control and I am loving it! Thanks to all who prayed for me!

Did the Credit Card Act of 2009 Drop the Ball on APR Increases?

Months before the Credit Card Act of 2009 went into full effect this year, credit card companies hiked the APR on millions of cardholders across the country. Now credit card companies can still raise cardholder's APR pretty much at will but it will only affect the future balance on the account, leaving the previous balance under the old APR. A small victory for cardholders, but it doesn't feel like much of a regulation in the long run.

Credit Card APR Increases; Did the Credit Card Act of 2009 Make a Difference?

WORK ANXIETY

Most people who have any type of work related anxiety typically have a 9 to 5 job at a brick and mortar establishment. However, a freelancer can have work related anxiety as well. I am experiencing it.

One of the places I freelance for pays ok, but the good part is they pay often. However, they expect a lot and the policies are so inconsistent that you can not be confident that each item you submit will be approved for payment. The people reviewing the work each have their own views about what your content should be and impose those views in their edits. As a result, I feel like it is a crap shoot for approval when I submit content.

This is why a feel axnious each time I attempt to write for this place. This month I really need to get over and get to writing for them because bills need to be paid dammit! Maybe admitting this anxiety will help me get it together. Or maybe I should create another strategy for dealing with this place. Let's see how writing the articles the same manner I would for any other client and then tweaking it for this specific client works?

Experiment is on. Pray for me all.

Geesh!

ETA: I don't edit my blog posts they are just raw how I feel at the moment, though I will spell check.